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It may not be a development that shakes U.S. relations with Russia to the core, but Patriots owner Robert Kraft had some unflattering words about Russian president Vladimir Putin.

After the Patriots won Super Bowl XXXIX in 2004, Kraft and other businessmen made a visit to Russia.

In St. Petersburg, Kraft met Putin. He took out his 4.94-carat Super Bowl Ring to show it off to him.

The Russian president pocketed it and it was originally reported that Kraft gave it to him as a gift.

“President Putin, a great and knowledgable sports fan, was clearly taken with its uniqueness,” Kraft said in a statement. “I decided to give him the ring as a symbol of the respect and admiration that I have for the Russian people and his leadership.”

But according to a New York Post report, it was not meant as a gift at all and that Putin took it forcefully.

Kraft was asked by a White House official to say it was intended as a present for Putin.

“I took out the ring and showed it to Putin, and he put it on and he goes, ‘I can kill someone with this ring.’ I put my hand out and he put it in his pocket, and three KGB guys got around him and walked out.”

He demanded the ring back and initially resisted the White House’s request. Needless to say, the momentous piece of jewelry hasn’t been returned to Kraft.